Yahoo: PS3 Sales Rising, 360 Dropping
See Full ImageEveryone is entitled to their own opinion when it comes to the console war, but when it comes to sales, numbers are numbers. It'd be difficult to assemble any and all relevant statistics, but it helps when someone succinctly sums up the situation.
According to Yahoo! Tech's Christopher Null, it's very simple: PS3 sales are headed up, Xbox 360 sales are falling off, and Wii...well, that thing just keeps selling as if it came with a free $100 gas card (ooooh, what a good idea!). Null did admit that everything isn't entirely perfect in the world of video game hardware, but there's a reason for that (it's pricey, and systems are quite expensive). Anyway, here's the quote in question:
"Front and center is a sour economy and an industry that still expects consumers to pay a minimum of $400 for a PlayStation 3. But PS3 sales are rising (and will continue to do so as prices fall). Xbox 360 sales are headed down. And of course, the Wii is a success story that no one can contest. The future of this generation of consoles is in flux, but there still seems to be plenty of activity in an industry thats now worth some $10 billion." (Source- Game Rush)
Actually, we think it topped $11 billion in 2007, but that's not the point. It seems that there is a distinct path for each of the three consoles right now, even though the Wii is more like a straight line. The PS3 really is making up ground, folks; let's hope they can keep it up. Competition begets quality!
6/21/2008 Ben Dutka
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Qubex
Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 10:37:56 PM
Q!
"aLL RoAds LeAd ToO HoMe"
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Deleted User
Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 6:24:57 PM
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Dan
Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 8:05:05 PM
But good point though some of the best technological products/inventions are Japanese.
But still anime/manga are not lame. :D
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Minishmaru
Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 9:46:32 AM
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BlinkBoy
Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 7:04:33 PM
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But nice to see Sony is on the upswing now.
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LCF
Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 7:30:18 PM
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Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 7:45:00 PM
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Mystearica
Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 11:26:43 PM
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@Dan I agree - Manga/Anime is NOT lame *former Otaku... no time right now to watch any Anime :( Seriously wouldn't mind though*
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Fabi
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 12:26:45 AM
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I really wish I could get an answer from Sony on how they think they're going to accomplish this.
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aaronisbla
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 1:03:11 AM
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ps3 is the more powerful system, it just needs to keep those games cranking out by developers who know how to take advantage of the extra power given to them
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Fabi
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 10:58:52 AM
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Home has to be a huge success, LBP has to be the next Mario, GOW3 has to come out soon - and be mind blowing - and FF13 has to be FF13. But even then, how hard is it going to be to sell 6 million more units than the 360? I really don't see it.
And yeah, it's more powerful, but from what I've been reading online, Sony made the PS3 sound a lot more advanced than it really is - compared to the 360.
Of course, it's online, and while I don't know how accurate the comparisons are (I don't know much about specs) I've read it from a couple of sources. They pretty much say it's like comparing the top two graphics card for PC (I forgot what their names are) there isn't much difference.
And I think it shows, have you guys seen the GoW 2 screes on EGM? They look amazing.
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Tatsujin
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 6:02:22 PM
And BTW, It is more advanced than the X360 in my opinion... When you put them next to each other, feature for feature I think youll find the PS3 has more features and has very little limitations, yes it still has limitation, but... The X360 has a few limitations as well, but they are much bigger than PS3's limitations, the biggest one I would think is that last-gen DVD... 9 Gigs isn't enough these days, and nor will it be the upcoming years... Time to move on Microsoft.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 12:52:11 PM
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Tatsujin
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 6:08:45 PM
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vampko
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 8:27:20 PM
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Tatsujin
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 9:09:26 PM
And Hence: That's where blu-ray discs come into play.
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Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 12:34:47 AM
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LCF
Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 4:32:13 AM
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Current Gen power list.
1.PS3(wont see max output till 5-6th gen games)
2.PC.(upper end $3-5k price)
3.Xbox360(in 07 PC out perform 360)
4.WII (WII is just an odd child lol.But good for Nintendo,I was worried about the company after the gamecube)
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Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 5:00:02 PM
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LCF
Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 5:23:02 PM
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Monday, June 23, 2008 @ 9:26:46 PM
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shaydey77
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Saturday, June 21, 2008 @ 4:50:54 PM